Pipecolic acid

Pipecolic acid

Names
IUPAC name piperidine-2-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	3105-95-1 Y
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
ChEBI	CHEBI:17964 N
ChemSpider	826 N
ECHA InfoCard	100.019.511
EC Number	217-024-4
KEGG	C00408 N
MeSH	C031345
PubChem	849
InChI InChI=1S/C6H11NO2/c8-6(9)5-3-1-2-4-7-5/h5,7H,1-4H2,(H,8,9) N Key: HXEACLLIILLPRG-UHFFFAOYSA-N N InChI=1/C6H11NO2/c8-6(9)5-3-1-2-4-7-5/h5,7H,1-4H2,(H,8,9) Key: HXEACLLIILLPRG-UHFFFAOYAL
SMILES C1CCNC(C1)C(=O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H11NO2
Molar mass	129.15704
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Pipecolic acid (piperidine-2-carboxylic acid) is a small organic molecule which accumulates in pipecolic acidemia. It is a carboxylic acid of piperidine.

It can be associated with some forms of epilepsy.

CRYM, a taxon-specific crystallin protein that also binds thyroid hormones, is involved in the pipecolic acid pathway.

Pipecolic acid was identified in the Murchison meteorite.

Pipecolic acid, like many other α-amino acids, has a chiral stereocenter at the α carbon.